PREVIEW | Giro d'Italia 2025 stage 11

The Corsa Rosa is the first Grand Tour of the season and this year it will include a start in a nation that will for the first time in it's history host a Grand Tour, Albania; and also several mountain stages in it's second half whilst the first half will feature some tricky stages including one that goes through a lot of the Strade Bianche course. We preview stage 11.

Stage 11 is a very tricky one, it can be for the GC men but it depends on their mentality. Right after the time-trial, there may be risks taken here. 3800 meters of climbing, another tricky hilly day that can turn into more with the right set of conditions.

The stage features a brutal ascent early on of the San Pellegrino in Alpe which is over 14 kilometers long at 8%, one of the hardest in the race. But if the trigger isn't pulled, then likely we have a day for the breakaway whilst the GC riders will be marking each other in the hilly finale into Castelnuovo Ne Monti.

11Km at 4.9% (39Km to go), 1.4Km at 5% (30Km to go) and 3Km at 5% (24Km to go) will set things up further, potentially in the fight for the stage win if it happens in the breakaway; but if it's in the peloton then it will be further fatigue building ahead of the final ascent.

It's not a very difficult one, but at the end of such a difficult day it won't be as easy as it looks like. 5.8 kilometers at 5.8% and it will end with a few kilometers to go. Most of the final 6 kilometers remaining on the stage are downhill and technical, but there is an uphill ramp to the line where we can still see a thrilling sprint.

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